Takuma Tanaka Japanese, b. 1977
I remember my home town, 2022
Oil on canvas
64 x 64 in
162.6 x 162.6 cm
162.6 x 162.6 cm
Further images
Tanaka reimagines his Japanese hometown in a Chinese freehand (xieyi) manner: a hill of color, a waterfall, a stand of trees, a tiny sailboat on pink-washed water. Not a map....
Tanaka reimagines his Japanese hometown in a Chinese freehand (xieyi) manner: a hill of color, a waterfall, a stand of trees, a tiny sailboat on pink-washed water. Not a map. A memory. Fluid brush, dreamlike atmosphere — the emotional weather of the place rather than the street names.
This is the canvas people stand in front of and go quiet. It is for anyone who has a town they cannot quite photograph anymore. Square, generous, no text, no skulls. A landscape you live with, not a slogan you read once.
This is the canvas people stand in front of and go quiet. It is for anyone who has a town they cannot quite photograph anymore. Square, generous, no text, no skulls. A landscape you live with, not a slogan you read once.
Exhibitions
HOLOGRAM the whole story, Miami, The Wall art gallery, 2022Don't Think, Feel, Miami solo show The Wall art gallery 2026
